From the April 7, 2004 edition of The Northeast News Gleaner These Two Are No April Fools Nathan and Sarah Lazowick celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary this past Thursday on April Fools Day with some of their children and their spouses, along with a special sister-in-law. Looking back on that day in 1929, Nate (as he is known to friends) tells you with a smile, “Always treat your wife like a lady”, while Sarah chimes in right behind saying, “Treat your husband like a king.” Nate knows something about kings, he rubs shoulders with kings and queens frequently as he is an avid chess player and belongs to the chess club “Kings and Queens”. This has been one of his loves and has been since he was a boy nine (9) years of age. Nathan was born and raised in South Philadelphia on April 10th, 96 years ago and is the forth of five children. Sarah hales from West Philadelphia and is the oldest child from a family of eight siblings; she was born in 1912. While growing up in Philadelphia, their paths crossed and as the cliché goes, “history was made.” Their history includes their lives together working not only in a marriage, but as business partners too. While Nate was a chicken dealer, riding his bike around town selling chickens to the families throughout the Philadelphia neighborhoods. Once in a while Nate and Sarah would have business troubles due to someone stealing Nates’ bicycle. This would happen as often as once a year and Nate would have to purchase another bike to go on making a living for his growing family. Sarah was the official stay-at-home mom who, like so many mother’s today, worked the phones for her husband. She would call their clients and cheerfully announce, “Hi, this is the Chicken Lady. (as she became known to the neighborhood) How many chickens can I get you this week?” As time past, the entrepreneur in Nate took a bold step from their comfortable schedule and decided to try his hand at selling to a restaurant. His son, Bernard fondly recalls how excited they were that a restaurant actually bought FIVE chickens. “Wow”, exclaims Bernard, “imagine getting excited over selling five chickens”. But, back then five was a lot and Bernard smiles as he says “Dad made about 47 cents on that whole deal.” Soon Nate was selling on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania to the school as well as the sororities and fraternities. Eventually they were selling to caterers and were officially in the Restaurant Supply business. As a result of selling chickens, Nathan and Sarah proudly put all four of their children through college and to this day all four are successful professionals in one business or another. Nathan and Sarah have raised their children, Bernard, Ellis, Donna Lee and Melvin all of whom they talk about frequently with their neighbors at Deer Meadows Retirement Community where they have lived since May 10, 2000. Originally they started their marriage as a young couple in West Philadelphia near 57th & Spruce, later moving their family to the 57th and Winfield Avenues address where they stayed until moving to Cottman Avenue and the Boulevard. They are true natives of Philadelphia. They are also the proud grandparents of eight young adults, ranging in age from 21 years old to 40. The grand children have bestowed upon them eight wonderful great grandchildren. Nate and Sarah found time in their busy schedules to also have some fun. Many years ago Nate and Sarah would put on shows for the local churches, synagogues, schools and nursing homes. They tried to educate the public about, of all things, retirement living. In fact, once they put a show on and a songwriter actually wrote a song for Nate, which would sum up what Nate was all about, “He was a little guy, but he could do BIG things.” And to this day Nate does big things; he continues to perform for Temple University with the Inner Circle group. They are a group of people who entertain and teach intergenerational programs. Nate has performed on video educational films portraying an elderly man in a nursing home. This video had been made for the CARRIE foundation and is sent to nursing and rehabilitation communities for staff education. Nate and Sarah are a living testimony of a commitment to marriage and family. They now live at Deer Meadows Retirement Community at 8301 Roosevelt Boulevard. Their son Bernard says “They are happy that as they are getting older, they can still be together. Mom has some special needs but they can still be together due to the assistance available in retirement communities. Mom never looked so good. She gets the help she needs, and Dad can be independent, going out and doing the things he still loves to do. I think Deer Meadows gives a lot to them, but Dad gives a lot back. He loves the people who live there and the staff seems to love him and Mom.” Liz Harbison, Director of Public Relations at Deer Meadows says, “Nate just lights up a room as he meanders casually in, almost dancing and making an appearance. And although he is not much taller than 4 1/2 feet, he seems to be so much taller when he constantly entertains. Saying things like, “I used to be so much taller until I moved in here; I think I got short changed.” Ms Harbison states, “Nate’s sense of humor is wonderful. He and Sarah are a breath of fresh air and an example to us all, we can’t wait to see them celebrate their 100th wedding anniversary and, I think they’ll be serving Chicken.”